Sunday 5 February 2012

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2010-11 season: Pakistan
in New Zealand
With the 2011 ICC World
Cup starting in February,
New Zealand only hosted
one tour for the summer.
Pakistan visited for three
Twenty20s, two tests and
six ODIs. Southee only
missed one ODI, playing all
the other matches. He
became the third bowler
(and second New
Zealander) to take a hat-
trick in a Twenty20
international, and also
took his first ODI five-
wicket bag.[67]
Twenty20s
The Twenty20 series began
on Boxing Day in Auckland,
where Southee was named
man of the match. He
finished the sixth over of
the game with a wicket. In
his next over he took a hat-
trick - only the third in
international Twenty20
cricket[67] - giving him four
top-order wickets in five
balls. He ended with 5/18
in four overs - his best
figures in Twenty20
internationals (as of April
2011). New Zealand won
the match.[68][69]
Southee also took
consecutive wickets in the
second match, finishing
with 2/26. In the third he
took 1/53. His bowling
average for the series was
12.1.[70]
Tests
The first day of the first
test saw Pakistan take
seven wickets in 65 overs.
Southee, batting at 8,
played through to the end
of the 90-over day with
Kane Williamson in a
partnership that
"prevented Pakistan's
complete domination",[71]
earning his second test
half-century in the process.
He was out the next
morning for 56, making
him joint top-scorer for the
innings. Southee also took
two first-innings wickets,
but over the second and
third days Pakistan easily
won the match.[72]
Established as one of New
Zealand's opening bowlers,
Southee added two wickets
in each innings of the
second test. This gave his 6
for the series, averaging
40.5. He also scored
another 23 runs in a drawn
match.[73] Both his batting
and bowling averages for
the series were better than
his test career averages to
date.[74]
One day internationals
Southee played five of the
six ODIs. One was washed
out in the third over,
effectively making it a five-
match series. Pakistan won
3-2.[75]
In the first match Southee
won another man of the
match award for taking his
first ODI five-wicket bag,
including three in his
opening spell. His 5/33
helped bowl Pakistan out
for 134, leaving an easy
chase for his team.[76]
His figures faded through
the series though, and in
the last two matches he
played (the fourth and
sixth of the series) he didn't
take any wickets. Across the
series he took 7/217,
averaging 31.

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